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Wot dhe spelling acchually chaynjiz.

Cawnts from dhe current còrpus: haw meny wurdz keep dheyr tradishonal spelling, wich letterz cárry dhe wurk, and wot dhe sỳstem créayts dhat Inglish did not hav.

45.1%

ov dhe móst common Inglish wurdz aar spelld ixactly az bifowr, òr chaynj ónly bý a màrk

42.8%

ov dhe wurdz in dhé ópening chapter ov Preid and Prejudis doo dhe saym

29.8%

ov evry chaynj in dhat chapter coemz from just ten shòrt wurdz

  • ofov
  • youyoo
  • totoo
  • thedhe
  • isiz
  • thatdhat
  • IÍ
  • mymý
  • forfòr
  • hishiz

Dheez fiǵeurz cuver abawt 20,000 ov dhe móst common Inglish wurdz, and dhe chapter iz cawntid wurd bý wurd, az a reeder meets it.

Chaynjiz

Haw eech ov dheez common wurdz differz from its tradishonal spelling.

Unchaynjd

29.1% · 5,479

Ixactly dhe saym spelling az tradishonal Inglish. cat → cat

Màrk ónly

16.0% · 3,010

Dhe saym letterz az tradishonal spelling, widh a màrk addid. mark → màrk

Màrks and mowr

14.0% · 2,638

Màrkt letterz toǵedher widh udher chaynjiz too dhe spelling. future → fûchur

Riplayst

20.8% · 3,919

Woen òr a feu letterz substituetid fòr anudher. make → mayk

Swopt

4.9% · 926

Rìarraynjd letterz ov dhe tradishonal spelling, az in an anagram. site → seit

Dileetid

10.6% · 2,004

Woen òr mowr letterz rimoovd from dhe tradishonal spelling. debt → det

Mixt

4.6% · 857

Complex chaynjiz involving sevral teips ov modificáshon. one → woen

Common wurdz biseid dhe howl dicshonáry
CategòryCommon wurdzHowl dicshonáry
Unchaynjd29.1%20.2%
Màrk ónly16.0%19.4%
Màrks and mowr14.0%24.3%
Riplayst20.8%18.0%
Swopt4.9%4.3%
Dileetid10.6%9.3%
Mixt4.6%4.5%

New phenomena

Merjd pairz, préviously heterógraphs

3,476 pairz (1.4%)

hear, here → heer

Split pairz, préviously homographs

285 pairz (0.1%)

use → euz, eus

New regûlar inflecshon maps

-z, -iz, -eez, -eiz, -d, -t, -id standard endingz

-s, -ing, -en, -er, -est prizervd

New irregûlar verb

says → sez

Ritaynd sowrs spelling

laid → laid

General

Number ov ûneeq entreez

~257.2k

In practis dheyr aar mowr wurdz, sins soem aar compawndz, affix and inflecshon direivd wurdz.

Letter frìquency

8.6%
e
8.0%
i
7.9%
n
7.3%
r
6.5%
a
6.3%
s
5.9%
t
5.5%
l
4.7%
o
3.6%
c
3.3%
d
3.1%
h
3.1%
m
3.0%
u
2.8%
p
2.1%
b
1.9%
ó
1.8%
y
1.6%
g
1.5%
w
1.3%
z
1.3%
f
1.2%
k
1.1%
v
1.0%
ì
0.7%
à
0.7%
á
0.6%
í
0.6%
ò
0.5%
é
0.4%
ý
0.4%
j
0.3%
û
0.3%
ỳ
0.3%
ú
0.2%
x
0.2%
ǵ
0.2%
q
0.1%
ù
0.1%
ć
0.1%
ĥ
0.1%
è

Dígraph frìquency

12.8%
sh
12.6%
ei
10.9%
ay
9.6%
ee
6.9%
ow
6.3%
ng
4.1%
ch
4.0%
aw
3.6%
th
3.2%
ou
3.0%
ue
2.8%
ph
2.8%
kh
2.2%
oo
2.1%
au
2.1%
ck
1.6%
eu
1.5%
ai
1.3%
oe
1.0%
dh
0.9%
oi
0.8%
zh
0.8%
ey
0.8%
aa
0.5%
dj
0.4%
gh
0.4%
tch
0.4%
ew
0.3%
oy
0.2%
aì
0.0%
uy
0.0%
aù
Consonants and dígraphs
Vawelz and diphthongz